I first found Instructables.com when I was looking for instructions on making a chain maille shirt. It is therefore appropriate that this weekly challenge is the first I enter and is simply put "Wire...

When I was growing up I had the privilege of living in the Australian bush and getting to know some true bushmen. People with the skills and resourcefulness that allowed them to thrive in an environme...

I made a vase from Chequer-plate a while back and it turned out pretty good.
I still had the template so I thought I might try some other materials. Since I happened to have some mesh in my shed I dec...

Vises have their vices as do I. One of my vices is I have too many vises. But I don't have very many genuine speed vises. Being as impatient as the next guy I get pretty frustrated when I am doing a p...

In this instructable I will show you how I re-purposed some computer wire to crochet a snowflake. I disassembled an old keyboard a while ago to use for another project. I was happy to be able to put ...

Today I will show you how to make a female-to-female multipin connector cable for standard headers with help of some heat shrink tubing. You can use same technique for making male to male or male to f...

Hello, I have a couple soldering irons, but no stand; I occasionally solder various stuff and i seem to always be using a make-shift, unsafe items to hold the iron.... When I saw this challenge it pro...

If you are looking for a mercury-free tilt switch that you can make yourself on the cheap and quick as I was, then follow along and I will show you how to make some from little tiny bottles of craftin...

This is a handy trick if you ever find yourself in need of an eye in a wire rope and you don't have wire rope grips (bulldog grips) or the time or know-how to make a proper splice.
This is what is kn...

I had a Pro-Lite display that I had picked up cheap without any communication cable, or any software, lying around in my shop. At least I had the remote, but it was slow and I never thought I would ac...

Wrapping up in a blanket and sipping hot chocolate to watch A Charlie Brown Christmas was a Christmas tradition while growing up. It never seemed like Christmas without watching it, Frosty the Snowma...

Electronics projects can get messy in many ways, including having wires making it difficult to navigate the inside and/or outside of your project. This Instructable will show you how to quickly and ea...

My dad and I made this wall hanging from telephone wire he had laying around. We used his loom to weave the wire. The hanging is roughly a 4 foot square. We first organized the wire by color using thi...

The Toilet Buggy is a device that will save you a LOT of water from your toilet. Even better, there is a device at the top that, when you need to change the water, will enable you to take it out witho...

Impress your wife by saying your going into jewelry. (Not really.)
It's more like a compromise.
If you're like me (and I think you are) you find that soldering wires to male headers is very annoying...

For Christmas this year, I wanted to make a really cool project but didn't quite know what to make. As I was getting the Christmas lights out to decorate, there was an old busted Christmas light timer...

Most of the time when you buy a loaf of bread it's got a little wire twisty sealing the bag. The same ties are used with cables and power adapters which come with electronics.
I save all of my old tw...

Check out the author's website, Neatinformation.com, for lots of projects and other interesting articles.
There are lots of power wires and data cables inside a desktop computer and they can be an i...

Introducing the new Radio Wave. This new Product will revolutionize how sailors and water sport enthusiasts will listen to the radio, or just put music to your ears in the shower. The radio wave is t...

A small but significant problem had while sewing is threading the needle. Especially as you get up in years, and the eyes are not what they "should" be, when you are tired late at night but have a pr...

I do a lot of work with styrofoam, and like to think of new ways to handle the foam easily and efficiently. To that end, I wanted to make a sculpting tool to add details to various styrofoam projects....

Hi, welcome to this instructable on making a wire and bead bracelet, the great thing about this is that it is totaly solder free so its safe to do with younger children as well as yourself, please do ...

For those who don't know, a thermopile is simply a bunch of thermocouples connected in series, which allows them to generate more voltage than a single thermocouple ever could.
Simple enough right.
G...

The holiday season is upon us once again, and as usual, it's extremely busy. This year I decided I wanted to do something unique, I wanted to create a Metal Christmas Tree (no need to water it, no ne...

This elegant necklace will take a few hours to make and will draw admiring glances and compliments for the wearer everywhere she goes. It is a perfect handmade gift for any occasion.
I have been wear...

You may have seen these beautiful items sold for $20 to $50, but if you are lucky enough to own a kiln, you can make them yourself for only the cost of the electricity. They make wonderful gifts and c...

This will show you how to turn an ordinary bottle into a light bulb.
This is an experiment and there may be flaws but that is all part of the learning process.
I used a Bacardi bottle for the bulb b...

I had some free time, so I decided to make a field goal, football, and some artificial grass. All this is done with wire. This is for the "Weekly Challenge: Wire" contest
Items you will need
- Solder...